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The models are printed in ecru coloured non-toxic bioplastic material, they explain.

Parents with visual impairments have been granted a new view of their unborn baby (Image: Inutero 3d)

The technique allows parents to 'see' their unborn babies even if they are visually impaired (Image: Inutero 3d)

"The bas-relief is a true three dimensional representation of baby and environment in the mother’s womb. We maintain all proportions, spatial relations and actual dimensions of unborn child."

The project, which is intended for blind mothers to have a unique chance to see their unborn babies, is soon to be offered to pregnant women outside of Poland.

Ideally a scan will be taken in the 18th to 30th week of pregnancy "then saved in Cartesian Volume Files (*.vol) format in case of GE Voluson or DICOM (*.dcm) format in case of Aloka instrument".

The images are made from the file recording the ultrasound scan - and translating it into a solid model (Image: Inutero 3d)

The files are then sent to In Utero 3D using a secure server and take between four and seven hours of to print on the 3D printer.

One Grzegorz Romanowscy, told the company that the idea fascinated him and his partner Natalia.

"I was pleased to listen to the beating of his heart, but so far I could not see him," he explains.

Following the print-out, the patient at the Dolnośląskie Centrum Ginekologii in Wroclaw called it: "A revelation and amazing feeling. I can touch and palpate every detail of the face of my little Johnny.

"I feel the nose, mouth, eyes – all the details are very clear. Now I can perceive how our baby looks like in 1:1 scale. “